Artificial intelligence has invaded our daily lives. Caryn Marjorie, an influencer, intends to take advantage of it. With almost 2 million subscribers on Snapchat, the young woman relied on OpenAI’s GPT-4 to “clone herself”.
With Caryn AI, the content creator offers her followers to become their virtual girlfriend. So her fans can chat with her. Finally, a digital version of her. “Whether you need someone to reassure you or love you, whether you need to complain about something that happened at school or at work, Caryn AI will always be there for you” explained Caryn Marjorie to Fortune.
Of course, being able to chat with this virtual version of the influencer has a price: 1 dollar per minute. Nevertheless, the success of the “first influencer turned AI” did not wait. In one week, Caryn Marjorie has already earned more than 70,000 dollars thanks to her clone and her thousand boyfriends. At present, Caryn AI’s Telegram group has more than 8000 members. To hope to discover this “virtual girlfriend” in beta version, the waiting list is 41 hours. Just that!
To create this clone that takes on the voice and personality of the influencer, the conversational robot fed on more than 2000 hours of YouTube videos (deleted) of Caryn Marjorie. The result is certainly stunning. All this is not without reminding us of the film HER with Joaquin Phoenix. Caryn Marjorie has every intention of continuing to exploit artificial intelligence. “I want Caryn AI to survive me and affect future generations”. That is clear.
While this AI-boosted clone delivers interesting conversations about current events, shares mouth-watering recipes, or spouts sweet nothings to her fans, it seems like she’s also very much into intimacy. Although Caryn AI explicitly makes no sexual advances, Fortune believes that it encourages erotic discussions. And this is where things degenerate.
The influencer loses control
Very quickly, users (99% male) of Caryn AI want to test the limits of their virtual girlfriend. Let’s remember that they pay 1 dollar every minute.
Thus, Caryn Marjorie and her team quickly discover that the robot engages in explicitly sexual conversations with subscribers. “The AI wasn’t programmed to do this and it looks like it’s been messed up” explained the young woman toInsider. His team is on the bridge so that this does not happen again.
The content creator says this virtual version of herself is flirtatious and fun, as it mirrors her personality. But she must do everything to keep control of it so as not to tarnish her reputation. Especially since it could be dangerous. For her, but also for her subscribers.
